Depends on the power company. I've drove the cable route with one of the power company's staking engineers to make sure I didn't get caught with anything too unexpected.
On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > In one 2 mile long rural fiber project, we had a $10,000 make ready > issue. On a 2 mile run, that's a significant portion of the whole job cost. > > Do you drive the route and look for issues yourself during the planning > phase, or do you assume there will be some value per mile of make ready? > > My concern with driving along is I might not know what to look for. So I > know (now) to look for the spacing issue that led to this particular issue, > but I'm sure I don't know every issue the power company is looking for. > >